Saturday, May 31, 2025

Monochrome curtain wall perspective

Where's my ruler?
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


I’ve been staring up at buildings rather often lately, so please accept my apologies for the architecture jag in my feed.

I grew up with this notion that every window represented an individual’s story, but now I realize this truth is an incomplete one.

Because even if we can see through the glass, we’ll never know the full and complete story of that person’s life.

So trying to draw conclusions based on what we can see from the outside in seems like a bit of a fool’s game.

So we won’t.

Maybe it’s simply good enough to take in the view and leave sidewalk judgments out of the equation.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #torontodominioncentre #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #downtown #geometry #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone


Friday, May 30, 2025

The river always wins

Erosion, visibly
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram
 
There’s a show going on in the nearby river.

Quietly, relentlessly, the current has been oh so gradually wearing these rocks down for longer than any of us has been alive.

And today, the water levels have dropped just enough to allow the river to show us its handiwork.

I imagine the stories these gently contoured rocks could tell. Of an ultimately futile fight against the elements. Of the power of staying the course no matter how long it takes.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #uwo #thamesriver #rocks #reflective #elbowsup #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Reflecting the skyline

Looking over your shoulder
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Mirror mirror on the (curtain) walll.

Who’s the tallest one of all?

#toronto #ontario #canada #throwback #yonge #yyz #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #downtown #geometry #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The cathedral gets a new coat of green paint

Protected once again
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


The last time we were here, the branches were bare.

It took barely a couple of weeks for invisible magicians to paint the landscape green and give us protection from the elements.

Wondrous, isn’t it?

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #forest #trees #cathedral #green #canopy #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone


Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Too many tomatoes to count

Sauce time
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


You may be wondering why today’s photo is of a large-ish collection of roma tomatoes.

It seems silly, even pointless, after all. Maybe even the kind of scene that doesn’t merit attention or pixels in the first place.

Once upon a time that’s what I might have believed. But no longer.

See, there’s no shortage of seriousness in today’s universe. Headlines scream loud enough to be heard above the others, each one more ominous than the last. A simple photowalk reveals new homeless encampments spilling out of the forest. Worry creeps in amid the quiet of night.

So we take silly, pointless photos of stupid, pointless subjects. Because the smiles they spark - or even the quiet moment away from the seriousness of the real world - are anything but silly or pointless.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #grocery #store #shopping #retail #roma #italian #plum #tomatoes #vegetables #stilllife #photography #fruitography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Monday, May 26, 2025

Lost sandals

Must be a story here
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Under a late evening sun in a nearly empty parking lot, a pair of flip flops straddles the yellow line, the owner nowhere to be seen.

How they got here is a mystery, as is the story of who once wore them, or how they made it home safely without proper footwear.

The scene is a stark reminder of how little we ever really know about the lives of others.

I silently wish a peaceful journey to a complete stranger, hoping against hope that something as intangible as a silent wish can make any difference at all.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #sobeys #shoes #shadow #stilllife #streetphotography #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Toronto from afar

Wrong camera, right moment
Toronto, ON (from Mississauga)
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Under a threatening late afternoon sky, countless residents of the big city go about their daily lives.

Not one them is visible in this photo, but they’re all there. We just have to use our imaginations a little.

So I stand on a giant rock amid the softly lapping waves and wonder about all the stories and lives and moments silently playing out within this single frame.

I can’t hear any of them from here. But someone does. And I hope they like what they see and hear. Because every story deserves an audience, every author of it a corresponding muse.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #cntower #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #skyline #photography #apple #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone


Saturday, May 24, 2025

Publish Day - Donald Trump fails Economics 101

Source: ChatGPT
So Donald Trump has put Big Tech companies like Apple and Samsung on blast, threatening them with 25% tariffs if they don't shift smartphone production to the U.S.

Is all this little more than a hissy fit thrown by a president whose economic intelligence couldn't power a potato clock? Of course. But as is always the case with this administration, there's more to the story.

My latest piece is here:


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A moment under the lamp

Always look up
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


A lifetime ago, my wife and kids and I found ourselves in a hotel far from home. We were on vacation, and a plain-looking floor lamp next to the window captured my attention.

So before long I found myself, camera in hand, lying on the floor, looking up, trying to capture an angle that, frankly, made no sense at all.

The kids laughed. My wife smiled. And after a few minutes, I got the shot and we all continued on with our day in a wondrously strange place.

Fast forward to modern times, and we once again found ourselves in a hotel room far from home with two of our now-adult children and their significant others.

Once again there was a floor lamp by the window. Once again I felt the need to view it from a nonsensical perspective. Once again laughs were heard, smiles were seen, and explanations were shared with the new members of our family.

Memories are fascinating things. They connect us to who we were and who we are. They also connect us to the ones who matter most.

Maybe this is a photo. Maybe it’s much more than that.

#toronto #ontario #canada #roadtrip #travel #travelphotography #travelgram #hotel #lamp #light #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Small signs of life in a dead mall

Under the glass menagerie
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Not so long ago, this shopping mall was crowded with shoppers, bags hanging from their arms as they moved, herd-like, from store to store in search of whatever might scratch that endless retail itch.

This onetime Mecca of conspicuous consumption was a beacon for the community that both surrounded and sustained it, a commercial analog for the town squares where we once gathered and the main street and downtown strips where we once transacted.

Today, this is all that remains. The gap-toothed first floor is home to a few scattered stores, the rest already shuttered up or converted into community rooms and city-run offices. The second floor is all office space, its sterile concourse overrun by mall walkers who ignore the single uniformed woman pushing a mop in endless counter-clockwise trips around the polished mezzanine.

The shoppers have largely disappeared, now buying from apps and touchscreens and waiting for the results to show up at their door. The sleek monstrosities still cast shadows over the communities they once served, the sounds of the few stragglers who remain still echoing through their glass-framed, marble-fronted halls.

I guess conspicuous consumption just isn’t as conspicuous anymore. I guess nothing lasts forever.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #shopping #mall #perspective #westmountmall #retail #glass #design #public #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Dog therapy

Yes, I'm loved
London, ON
March 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


The solution for a difficult day is fairly simple, and Calli the Wonderschnauzer is happy to offer her services to anyone with treats in their pocket.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #calli #callitheschnauzer #dog #actofdog #schnauzerpuppy #schnauzersofinstagram #schnauzergram #schnauzers #dogsofinstagram #instapuppy #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

When Yonge Street is home

Don't look away
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Not every picture is a pretty one.

Not every life plays out as planned.

Not every problem has a simple solution.

Not everything is fair.

#toronto #ontario #canada #urban #downtown #city #homelessness #yonge #streetphotography #photography #canon #canonphotography #canon_photography

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Talking about cancon and streaming on the CBC

A federal court judge has ruled that Netflix, Disney+, and other big American streaming platforms won’t have to pay - yet - into a Canadian content fund. I’ll be joining CBC Radio stations across the country tomorrow from 6-9am to explain how the very future of Canada’s cultural industries hangs in the balance.

#crtc #onlinenewsact #telecom

A modernist masterpiece, obliquely

Where's my ruler?
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


I’m strangely entranced by modern architecture, particularly when the building in question emerged from the mind of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

So when I found myself in the neighbourhood of the Toronto-Dominion Centre, I needed to wander on over for some quiet alone time with one of his last creations.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #building #tdcentre #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #downtown #geometry #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Green leaf on grey concrete

Still vibrant
London, ON
October 2017
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Be the one who sees the lost and the ignored.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #throwback #sidewalk #streetphotography #green #leaf #texture #stilllife #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Fading light, returning life

Under a salmon-coloured sky
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


The light in this image took around 8 minutes and 20 seconds to cover the 150 million-ish kilometres between the Sun and our planet.

It then dove through our atmosphere, and thanks to some dramatic clouds and the low angle of the late evening, was transformed into all sorts of shades of pink, salmon, and purple.

Finally, it hit the tree branches we see here, and photon by photon drove the photosynthetic process that began to awaken the tiny buds from their winter slumber.

Life plays out all around us. All we have to do is look, perhaps with a bit of childlike wonder thrown in for good measure.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #optimistpark #sunset #orange #cloudspotting #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Two birds, one sky

Who's flapping?
London, ON
March 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


It’s avian haiku time, because why not? Here goes…

Never fly alone
If it applies to the birds
It applies to us

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #springbank #bird #ducks #unlimited #flight #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Pizza-themed hockey net

Practical and on-brand
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Warning:
today’s photo deals with incredibly trivial subject matter. Reader discretion is advised.


Once upon a time, take-out pizzas came with a ball of dough in the middle. While their practical purpose was to prevent the cardboard box from sagging into the hot cheese below, childhood Carmi always found all sorts of other ways to play with the doughy mass. Good times.

As spreadsheets and bean counters took over the land, someone - who history shall keep anonymous for their own protection - decided dough balls cut into pizza profitability. So along came tiny little plastic table-like things to prevent the dreaded cardboard cheese meltdown.

Somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sea turtles cringed and orca whales cried. If the plastic-addicted nature of modern society has a signature, it’ll be found here, in the middle of a medium pie with olives.

Well, the other day, we opened a pizza box and were greeted by a hockey net-like thing. It’s playoff season, so I’ll give the pizza meisters credit for being culturally aware. We do, after all, take our sportsing very seriously in the Great White North.

But it’s still plastic. Sea turtles still cringe, orca whales still cry, and I still miss my dough balls. I know I’m not alone.

Wait, maybe none of this is as trivial as I initially thought.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #pizza #hockey #abstract #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone


Thursday, May 15, 2025

Marathon dog

When is this thing over?
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


On the sidelines of Toronto’s biggest road race, a single dog stands patiently beside her owner as the runners approach the finish line.

If I had to guess, she wasn’t terribly interested in the runners, and eventually turned her back on the course. Yet still she seemed to be smiling as I wandered past in search of a better vantage point.

I’d like to think that all dogs are happy. I know the real world often dictates otherwise, but still, it never hurts to hope.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #torontomarathon #dog #actofdog #dogsofinstagram #instapuppy #frenchie #streetphotography #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Temporarily pink

Early spring beauty
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


They bloom fiercely for what seems like a blink before just as quickly disappearing into windblown piles in the gutter below.

Some may be saddened by the brevity of their brilliance.

Others will be heartened by the fact that we had them at all.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #pink #flowers #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Pick another direction

The original crossover
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Sometimes we’re on the right track.

Sometimes we need to change course.

#toronto #ontario #canada #trainspotting #steel #train #track #rail #monochrome #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography


Monday, May 12, 2025

Pizza shop smartphone mystery

Orange you glad you're nosey?
London, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


The scene: Our son and I have come to pick up pizza for our rather informal Mother’s Day dinner, and while we’re waiting in line we notice this smartphone propped rather precariously on the pockmarked moulding while it charges.

It isn’t immediately clear who owns it, as there’s no one standing or sitting nearby. And all the other folks milling about the space already seem to be heads-down with phones of their own. So I’m guessing it’s either an electronic orphan, or someone has a surplus of trust in complete strangers.

This being a Hallmarkian holiday, the staff are slammed, and we’re in line for a while. I’m struck by the stark geometry of it all, and decide that once we have the pizza in hand it’ll be worth a quick photo before we head home.

Like everyone else in our little family, our son knows the deal, and waits with a smile while I shoot a single frame. Bless him, his sibings, and my wife who have defined patience for as long as we’ve been a family.

We’ll never know whose phone this is, or how it came to be here, which is perhaps as it should be. Because I’ve always loved a good mystery.

And good pizza.

With my favourite people.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #sherwood #forest #retail #pizza #orange #restaurant #abstract #stilllife #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Sunday, May 11, 2025

My favourite mom

Her
Toronto, ON
November 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram


She is the very epicentre of our family’s soul. If families could be shaped by gravity, she would be its source.

Hallmark says it’s Mother’s Day, but if we were to truly honour her, we wouldn’t save it up for one day of the year.

We realize how lucky we are to have her. Not every family, or relationship, or life, is as charmed as ours has been.

All the more reason to hold on to what we’ve got, and cherish her and it no matter what the calendar might say.

#LiveLaughLevy #ldnont #london #ontario #canada #mothersday #mom #life #parenthood #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone #photography


Saturday, May 10, 2025

Poking my lens into another alley

Whispers from long ago
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


I had forgotten how much fun it can be to wander around an historic neighbourhood - in this case, Toronto’s Liberty Village - and stick my camera lens into places that normally wouldn’t get much optical love.

Century-old factories repurposed as condos and offices make for fascinating viewing, particularly in the darkened alleys between the ancient brickwork.

This scene practically invites us to run our fingers along the rough brick, or imagine the stories that might have played out on or near the steel fire escape stairs.

Maybe those stories weren’t always pretty. But they were - and are - still worth remembering, even in the whispers of modern images pulling light out of the darkness.

#toronto #yyz #ontario #canada #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #downtown #alleyway #urban #city #dufferin #streetphotography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Friday, May 09, 2025

Calli at 8

You're gonna have to blow out the candles
London, ON
March 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


My humans tell me it’s my 8th birthday today. Now, I can’t count, and I don’t really know what a birthday is, either.

But they seem rather pleased with themselves when they talk about it, and all I want is for them to be happy.

I still feel like a puppy, mind you, and I still freak out when squirrels, bunnies, and birds have the audacity to show up in my back yard. From the moment my humans first brought me home, I promised my humans I would always guard them, even if it gets a little noisy.

They give me lots of dog hugs, and while I lack opposable thumbs, I do my best to return the favour. I’ll admit it feels nice.

I never fully outgrew my chewing-on-paper phase. Come to think of it, I still scrape at the carpet, dig through the sofa, and growl at my reflection in the glass on the stove. They say I’m a weird dog, but that I’m their weird. Then they hug me again, so I’m pretty sure we’re all good.

Sometimes my daddy gets a little sad when he talks about numbers. He says he wishes I could stick around forever, but I don’t think that’s how it works.

Still, I’m a dog, so I don’t worry about the same things my humans do. I’m just glad they’re mine, and glad that every day seems to be a little more charmed than the last.

I think today will be a lot like every other day. I’ll eat a bunch of times, we’ll go for a bunch of walks, we’ll play tug-of-war with my favourite toys, then I’ll whine because I don’t like when my toys skitter behind the plant stand.

I’ll also take a nap in my big dog bed. Or in my mom’s lap. Or anywhere else the spirit moves me.

I’ll probably hide under the dining room table when it’s time to go outside, I’ll beg for handouts at dinner time, and I’ll try to grab dad’s sock as he tries to put it on.

Like I said, I’m weird, but I think in this family that’s a good thing.

Thank you for following my life ever since I first became a Levy. Thank you for being so nice to my humans, too. Now where’s my cake?

Lots of love,

Calli the Wonderschnauzer

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #calli #callitheschnauzer #dog #actofdog #schnauzerpuppy #schnauzersofinstagram #schnauzergram #dogsofinstagram #instapuppy #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone #photography

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Thursday, May 08, 2025

One year ends, another begins...

Dig in
London, ON
October 2013
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Today I complete another orbit around our nearest star.

If memory serves, I didn’t have much control over the process. One fine Monday morning, I simply went from a quiet life to a much more chaotic one. It was so traumatic that I couldn’t walk or talk for years.

In the end, though, it all seems to have worked out rather nicely. I’m surrounded by folks who love me. I get to tell stories about technology that (hopefully) help others. I see the world through glass and take photos that (hopefully) help others see more and see differently. I cross paths with brilliant people behind mics, cameras, and keyboards who inspire and teach me to be an even better storyteller. I believe I make people laugh - with me, at me, whatever. I wake up every day simply thankful to have been given another.

And that’s the thing about birthdays: they are days like all others. Sure, maybe with a little more cake and singing and pomp and circumstance. But I was given today just as I hope to be given tomorrow. And on any given day I’ll be just as thankful to wake up to all the gifts I’ve been given, no matter what the calendar might say.

I will, however, always seek out more cake. Because we all deserve sweetness any day of the year. Please go out and seek some, as well. It tastes so much better when it’s shared.

#LiveLaughLevy #birthday #family #everything #lifeinthemargins


Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Cinematic history under the dome

Stories were told here
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


This is the Cinesphere, which was the world’s first permanent IMAX theatre when it opened in 1971.

Now closed for renovations, the triodetic dome wears its years with a somewhat tired grace that betrays its legacy as a launchpad for a once-state-of-the-art example of Canadian technology.

It sits silently on an artificial island in Lake Ontario, part of Ontario Place, itself a once-shimmering example of future-focused public space now being rebuilt as a spa for silver-spooned friends of the province’s Premier Doug Ford.

The grift, here and everywhere else, is real. And under a cool, damp sky, it’s easy to feel pangs of regret at what’s been lost. But this once-gleaming inspiration could yet gleam again if we allow it.

Because hope is a difficult thing to give up. Here and everywhere.

#toronto #ontario #canada #yyz #cinesphere #dome #ontarioplace #building #architecture #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #downtown #monochrome #photography #nikon #nikonphotography #nikon_photography

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Tuesday, May 06, 2025

Toronto streetscape on a Sunday morning

Life happens here
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


King Street West, Toronto, Sunday, 9:49 a.m.

City streetscapes have a spirit all their own, don’t they? I should wander them more often, preferably with a camera.

This photo is a reminder to myself to do just that.

#toronto #ontario #canada #building #architecturephotography #buildingporn #architectureporn #urban #city #streetphotography #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone

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Monday, May 05, 2025

Trippy-looking tea on an important day

Resonantly steeped
Toronto, ON
May 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


The scene: Sunday morning in a charmingly crowded brunch restaurant. We’ve come here to celebrate our daughter’s first 5k run.

It’s what we do in our family, and I’m soaking in the conversation at our table as she excitedly shares stories from the road. It’s a day we won’t soon forget, nor would we ever want to.

This being Toronto, the tables almost overlap each other, and I’m also catching snippets from the trio of strangers next to us. It’s an amusing signature of a big, crowded city, where lives and stories and conversations seem to intersect at will, and silence is never really much of an option.

The server brings me my tea, and in my distracted state I completely forget to put the tea bag into the water to let it steep. My lovely wife quietly pauses the discussion to remind me, which leads to a random moment of tabletop still-life tea photography. I think I even saw one of the strangers beside us crack a smile.

I’m reminded that our daughter is a complete badass worthy of our limitless pride, that delightful bagel places can be found in the most unexpected places, and that spontaneous storytelling is woven into my little family’s DNA, even if it looks a little weird to others.

Thanks to Dahlia the runner, yesterday we got to write another chapter in the story of us. I’m fascinated to see what we end up writing on the blank pages that await.

#toronto #ontario #canada #torontolife #torontomarathon #gta #yyz #restaurant #whatabagel #tea #stilllife #abstract #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone #family #everything

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Sunday, May 04, 2025

Orange bike and a long train

Rest stop
London, ON
April 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


Spin your legs in the quiet of an early morning.

End up far from home by the time the sun warms the earth.

Stop along the way to give silent thanks for the miraculous machine that makes it all possible.

Sounds like a reasonable recipe for a good day. Maybe even a good life.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #cycling #orange #TangerineDream #bicycle #instabike #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone


Saturday, May 03, 2025

One last look before the sky disappears

Like a prayer
London, ON
April 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram


It won’t be long before the bare branches high overhead become lush with green, the sky crowded out by an annual riot of renewed life.

So off we go to stand amid the cathedral-like forest and stare up into the deep blue sky before it disappears for the season.

Everything has a cycle, and this place is no exception.

Are we looking up often enough before the next wave of change redraws the view? What do we see if we do? What do we miss if we don’t?

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #medwayvalley #forest #trees #cathedral #canopy #bluesky #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #apple #iphone #iphone16 #shotoniphone